Ironically, the one game the Repeat Ball would be most useful in, Pokémon Legends Arceus, doesn't have it. It's the one game where catching several of the same species is actually part of the story.

I had this weird dream where grunty boi our beloved was replaced by a gnome. I don’t feel safe.

A nice update to the Loveball would be that it works on pokemon that have compatible egg groups with your own pokemon. It wouldn't work on most legendaries, but carrying around a Ditto in your party would actually be cracked.

When trying to capture the extra Miraidon, he was jumping out of every ball. I didn't wanna use my master on it, so in frustration I was like, "I see you want a ball that matches your aesthetic a bit, HERE!" and I threw a heal ball. He stayed. I absolutely BURST out laughing that of all the balls I used, that was the one he wanted. I named him Morondon for that xD

Fun fact: I used to read "Luxury ball" as "Luxray ball" and wondered for the longest tine why they made a ball for Luxray specifically- 💀

‘The Heal Ball is spectacularly terrible!’ - MandJTV, 2024 (immediate flashbacks to 11-year-old me playing Pokémon White who wasted a Master Ball on a Bouffalant & used a Heal Ball to catch freaking Zekrom)

The best use that I’ve seen for a love ball is people putting a ring into an irl replica of it and using it to propose to their partner

I figured the reasoning behind the Dive Ball rating was because of his tragic past with Dive Balls in trying to fish & catch Shiny Primal Kyogre against John in their "First To Catch A Shiny With Every PokeBall Wins" video

I think the “L” on the Level Ball is a downward arrow to represent the Pokémon’s low level.

11:35 "as tenth of a good" Funniest thing I've heard in a while

You bring up aesthetics in this video a lot, and it got me thinking: I'm surprised there hasn't been some sort of ball customization in the games yet. Something like a shop service in game to alter the appearance of your pokeballs, either to give yourself a signature set, or to aesthetically fit whatever you've caught in them. I remember in a previous generation - I think 4? - we could put visual effects on our pokeballs, yet we still cant just customize the look of the ball?

A good thing with healballs would be for nuzlockes, it heals the pokemon just caught if one of your pokemon faints during the run through a large area. The ability to swap out a dead pokemon to the box and bring in a fully healed new pokemon, even as fodder, is an amazing ability

I wish you noted that when talking about the Moon Ball that in Gen 2, the Moon Ball only works on Pokemon that only evolve using a BURN HEAL. The fact that Game Freak messed up that hard when coding the Moon Ball is hilarious. 😂

The Love Ball may be functionally the most useless, but it’s still my favorite pokeball because it’s adorable. Plus, I’ve seen posts online of people proposing to their partners (who are also fans of Pokemon) with the ring in a love ball, which is super cute! :D

Fun Pokeball fact: The Heavy Ball is completely useless on Gastly and Haunter. The modifiers make it impossible catch them.

when I was younger and playing through HeartGold, I caught Entei with a Love Ball. The same happened in Pokémon Shield, while catching a male Lapras in a Raid Battle, and I was using a male Toxicitry. Those funny instances made it become my favourite Pokéball!

new player: "why should I buy ten pokeballs to get a premier ball, just get a great ball" old players: "Just do it"

My brother caught Yvaltal in a dive ball. It been a running joke, every time I encounter a legendary, I’ll use dive balls as a last resort, and they typically work!

I think a cool buff for the Heal Ball would be to give it a fantastic catch-rate, maybe 4x, or even 4.5x, but only if the target is weakened and/or statused, and if it fails, it will instantly heal the target back to full. High-risk, high-reward kinda deal

The heal ball actually came in really useful for me once. I was playing PokéMMO with two of my mates and we had a rule where we couldn't spend any money. All Pokéballs we used had been scrounged from bins, the floor or given to us directly by NPCs. We were at the desert route in Unova, and I had two or three Pokémon all of which were very low on health or had fainted, and I knew that the chances of me escaping every wild encounter on my way back to the Pokémon centre were very low, and I would most likely have lost regardless of whether I tried to run from every wild encounter or whether I tried to fight the rivals on the way to the next city. I also didn't have any revives or potions so healing on my own was out of the question. I decided to try and catch a Pokémon using a heal ball, since I had enough health to battle one Pokémon and if I could catch it first try, I would survive and have an insurance Pokémon. I ended up doing so with a Darumaka or a Sandile, both of which became valuable members of my team, and helped me to survive that route

7:29 Michael: "Trying to catch an early route pokemon with a level ball is like trying to kill a bug with a bazooka." Me: *_"I use buckshot, but you do you."_*

Fun fact: I was sure the Masterball applied a multiplier so high it skyrocketed the catch chance over the cap of 1 but... no, they went for the smart solution of bypassing the formula entirely 😊

The heal ball made me imagine a game that outright forces it's use case. "Pokemon Heal Ball Only" a post apocalypse version where poke centers and healing items are virtually all gone, and pokemon don't heal up in the box. Maybe a pokemon rouge like.

The Love Ball should have had an 8x catch rate for any Pokémon in the same egg group as your active Pokemon. It wouldn’t have made it great, but it would at least be usable.

the Repeat Ball is also useful when trying to catch a Pokemon you want to use for battling but the first one you caught had a wrong nature (e.g. Adamant on a mostly special attacker, Modest on a mostly physical attacker, etc)

I remember intentionally refusing to use Beast Balls on Ultra Beasts because I wanted to challenge myself... and respect the characteristics of the Ultra Beasts themselves.

13:19 Actually the Moon Ball is even worse. Since it works ONLY on Pokémon that evolves via Moon Stone. So it would only work for Nidorino, Nidorina, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Skitty and Munna. For their (pre-) evolutions it would be just a regular Poké Ball.

14:58 I use them for ascetics as I am a fairy type master! and they are more accessible than dream balls 😅

Idea on how to buff the Love Ball: Reduce the catch rate from 8x to 6x Change the requirements of getting the boost from same species and opposite gender to any Pokémon in the same egg group as your active mon.

I remember catching Raikou in a Gen2 Fast Ball, which would only have boosted odds with three select species, none of which were Raikou. Probably one of the luckiest catches that I've made.

"It's not a challenge you can get better at, you're just making yourself less lucky!" So every single challenge in Pokemon

Use case for the Love Ball: Shiny hunting low-BR Pokemon. While hunting, either bring two opposite-gendered Pokemon of the species you want, or just catch from the standards you run into while hunting. When you get the shiny, you do all the set up with your Sleep Swiper, then switch in Casanova and enjoy that literally guaranteed catch. Remember, Quick Ball is still taking into account health and status, so for a BR 25 Pokemon like Skarmory or Arctibax, you're looking at a 25% chance to catch with the Quick Ball, while it is, again, literally guaranteed with the Love Ball. While there _are_ Pokemon with rates low enough for this strategy to fail on, literally every single Pokemon with a low enough BR to be asleep at 1 HP and still dodge an 8x catch rate is either genderless or not found in the wild.

The best will always be the quick ball bc it’s Mikey’s channel colors and it’s easy to get the battle over with

No "Greetings Pokéfans" Something doesn't feel right...

Today was also a good lesson in what certain catch rates are. I knew some balls increased catching chances, but this was a good breakdown on HOW the catch rates worked. Learned something new

3:30 that’s why I always use a repeat ball to catch more of the same Pokémon I would like to have including what you mentioned about it.

"as tenth of a good" literally had me crying of laughter 😂😂😂 I love it when Mike gets so mad he loses his grip on the English language.

the heal ball description makes it sound WAY better than it actually is (i thought it healed pokemon after every battle CAUSE IT NEVER SPESIFIED i thought the heal ball was like equally good as an ultra ball until now cause it is missleading)

I think the other thing about the heal balls is, if I'm not mistaken, the pokemon will be healed automatically if transferred to your pc starting in Gen 2. So if you catch a pokemon and don't put it in your party right then it will heal anyway.

Repeat Ball is also a major thing for competitive and going for things like rarer abilities... Also, Love Ball has other effects, or at least used to have it where the pokemon's starting friendship/love level which is useful for some of the pokemon that evolve with it

10:00 Though the Lure Ball was broken in Scarlet/Violet at launch, the bug was fixed at some point between versions 1.1.0 and 3.0.0 so it now has a 4x multiplier on Pokémon directly in the water.

As for heal ball in scarlet & violet works decently here as Pokémon DO NOT get healed when they get sent to a box, heck even when you trade them they’re still just as injured as when you’ve caught it.

This video was far more helpful than I initially thought going in, thanks Mikey

I don't think that you will ever see this but I'm having trouble giving my Iron Boulder a good nickname, and since you gave Walking Wake and Iron Leaves more traditional Pokémon names I think that you should do the other 4 paradox legends as well

I swear to god, the reason they made Necrozma's catchrate 255 (the highest it can be) in Ultra Sun and Moon is so people could use the Beast Ball on it

I can’t tell you how happy I was to hear you use the phrase, “could not care less” correctly in the intro, thank you lol

MandJTV: Heal ball is second to worse pokéball. Me: *proceeds to catch Pokémon with a heal ball*

Mike buddy you forgot one. The Premier Ball. Not the most useful as it's just a regular PokeBall and it costs 2,000 to get one since you need to buy 10 balls to get it.

Another case for the Repeat Ball, in OR/AS when hunting for Hidden Abilities, considering that the DexNav works better if you've already caught said species, which means it works in that situation. Also the Net Ball is apparently even better than the Dive Ball and can apply to pretty much ANY Pokémon, apparently using the move Soak to turn it into a Water Type is enough to get the boosted catch rate.

I think it’d be fun if the games introduced a mechanic where you can switch what kind of Poké ball your Pokémon is in after you catch them. That way, you can have whatever aesthetic on the ball you want.

To bat for the Lure Ball, I mostly agree, but you did make the point that its easiest to get in Johto. In GSC Johto, the Net and Dive balls did not exist, so the Lure Ball has an actual use case.

I love that it switched between the dive ball and repeat ball thumbnails, very cool

I hope they add a feature where you can change the design of the pokeball after you catch a pokemon with it, like for example catching a clefa with a quick ball but then changing it to a more fitting ball like a love ball

They should introduce a Pokémon that evolves with a Burn Heal, just as an Easter egg for those who know.

Love your videos man. Just an idea I had that I’d love to see a video of (and haven’t seen from you or any other poketuber), how about a video on the unused Elite Four types? I think it would be sick to see a potential lineup of Normal, Electric, Grass, and Fairy Elite Four members. I know Lacey technically counts for Fairy, but the BB elite four doesn’t strike me as “official”, ya know? Anyway keep up the awesome content man. I appreciate your work.

Heal ball: Don't worry! I'm gonna heal your newly caught pokemon friend so it's ready to party with the rest of your team! Every player in existence: It's not that deep fam..

Mikey: Bugs don't tend to be on the water... Surskit: Am I a joke to y- Mikey: YES.

Mikey thrash talking fictional balls is so captivating

I’d love to see a video talking about your favorite pokeballs for aesthetics- color, style, opening animation etc

You should do a video of worst/best looking Pokeballs!!

I will never not hear “Gotta catch the mall,” like you’re in need of last-minute Christmas gifts.

The apricorn pokeballs are sooo specific sometimes it's hilarious 😂 I will say that I actually used a love ball when I found a shiny female mudkip in SV

I imagine the Repeat Ball being really good for trying to catch a Pokémon with good IVs or a specific nature though. Since you can't see these until you actually CATCH the Pokémon, for any Pokémon you don't have to reset for you're gonna be catching multiple of the same Pokémon.

"AS TENTH OF A GOOD" *I'M DYING LMAO*

The only case I could see the love ball being practical is ensuring a catch on pokemon with specific gender evolutions (ie. Combee, Salandit, Snorunt, Ralts). But even then, the difficulty with such mons is their encounter rates, not so much the difficulty of the catch itself.

I remember the "missed the Pokemon" mechanic in Gen 1, which was just Gen 1's version of capturing the Pokemon and it immediately breaking out, which is extremely common on hard-to-catch Pokemon like the Legendaries.

Another, likely more common use for Repeat balls, is when hunting for a particular nature or ability-or perhaps both. This assumes, of course, that you're catching for a playthrough (or a particular type of challenge run where grinding for an optimal nature is permissible, such as Monotype runs), but in a scenario where you want to catch an optimal Pokémon of a given species, the Repeat Ball is _theoretically_ your best bet. I specify "theoretically" because a lot of the Pokémon where you really need to optimize for nature/ability/IVs for a playthrough tend to be early-game examples.... at which point, you may not have the funds available to be spamming Repeat Balls, or even be catching Pokémon that are challenging enough to capture to even need it. However, if you really want to optimize your team and don't want to mess with breeding or anything like that, it could be useful.

really glad you mentioned mechanics and not aesthetics because the dive ball is super swaggy

I actually tried to use the Beast Ball to catch the other Miraidon because I thought it would look cool on it, but I gave up after 3 months of trying. In the end I used it with Terapagos and I really feel like it fits him perfectly.☺

This list brings up a good point about balls: They're super cool looking, but almost completely screw people over if they're going for aesthetics but the balls don't work against what ball the catcher thinks matches the mon. Basically, GameFREAK needs to add a ball swapping function.

If you are actively shiny hunting a female heracross and have planned ahead to have a male heracross in your party, the love ball has a use, but outside of that, it really doesnt come into play. So I do agree that love ball is the least useful because theres only exceedingly weird cases where one would be used.

You know how I’d rework the Heal and Love Balls? The Heal Ball would get an increased catch modifier if the target has a status condition for it to heal, and the Love Ball would work on any Pokemon with a compatible Egg Group to your active Pokemon.

The heal ball was eye opening, back when I was younger I used it for everything, especially legendaries since until today I thought that it got boosted catch rates on unhealthy Pokémon (low HP + status) so I’d always paralyze and then get a legendary low and throw heal balls which usually caught it very fast. But now that I know that all it does is heal, I guess I was lucky

The Heal Ball, is only good in challenge when you play without heal, except the few mandatory ones.

As always your style is so good mickey you are the best ❤❤❤

Thank you for explaining the dive ball, I honestly thought it worked on all water types regardless.

7:30 Blastoise was like “want to repeat that”

I do wish the Beast Ball had the same catch rate as a Pokéball when you’re using it on a regular Pokémon. It still wouldn’t be great, but a lot better than the 1/10 catch rate it has now.

"Three headed dragon meme" Dude doesn't know who King Ghidorah is

I've been waiting for this interesting content

I remember catching an Azelf with a repeat ball because i thought it was the same pokemon as Uxie, which i had previously caught.

0:16 Hey, that's me. Always thought people cared WAY too much about which pokemon goes in each ball

A good buff I think would be good for the Heal Ball is that during the main story, after a battle, if your Pokémon took any damage, they would immediately heal some of that health back if they were caught in a Heal Ball

Oh no. Mikey said an absolute that "you will never use the modifer on a love ball." Now thats the cue for the next meme review to have a clip of that lol 😂

Mikey knows his balls very well 💀 Edit: OMG THIS IS THE FASTEST IVE EVER GOTTEN LIKES.

Me, petting my shiny Umbreon that I went out of my way for to catch in a Moonball: "...I see your arguments and have elected to ignore them."

I love the Repeat Ball in S&V because it's so easy to see things like IVs, nature's, and abilities right after you catch them I just farm a dozen or so of a pokemon I want on my team until I get one I like. But in older games I agree it felt very situational

Never expected Mikey that he would talk balls for 18 minutes

This video finally taught me how each modifier actually works after I spent decades catching merely based on color coordination and not caring the slightest bit about efficiency

3:37 The repeat ball could be VERY useful for catching all the Eeveelutions, since you need eight Eevees and Eevees are very hard to catch. Too bad I only play Legends Arkoos XD

I love the aesthetics of the Nest Ball & Safari Ball. I really wish there was a cosmetic option to change the look of the ball of your Pokémon. (Keeping the info of the original ball)

so this is the first video of yours I've seen just your channel now and I just want to say the repeat and heal balls have some uses namely the heal ball in the early game when you have 1 Pokémon and it gets fairly damaged trying to catch a new Pokémon having it healed to full is just a time saver since needing to back track after every catch can be annoying. its also just good for if you need to run from a fight and having a new Pokémon at full health that can possibly tank an attack or be healed if you accidently get into a trainer battle because you didn't see the trainer in the early game is fairly useful. though very admittedly by mid to late game its not great and by then I'm almost always just using ultra balls. the repeat ball on the other hand is more useful for if your trying to catch multiples of a set Pokémon because its possibly faster then egg hatching and your trying to get a set nature or ability or comparing stats in short "catch 5 to 8 compare release all but maybe 2 ether for breeding or different specializations"

I love watching this guy talking about his opinion, especially ever since he said spheal is the best ice type

The nest and level balls have one niche use that rare occasion when illegal level Pokémon exists like the Salamance you could find in the alola games

Video suggestion: Can you make a video explaining new Pokémon abilities??

Thanks for another one!

This reminds me of the old MandJTV videos. I love it.

fun fact: the heavy ball is the only pokeball that (in a certain context) can never work at catching a pokemon. due to a glitch in sun and moon specifically, the heavy ball will always fair to catch a pokemon whose weight is less than 100 kgs and whose catch rate is equal to or less than 20. this means that is was impossible to catch beldum and the guardian deities in heavy balls.

A possible fix/buff to the heal ball would be to make it slowly regenerate the pokemon's health while running around in the overworld (basically the opposite of being poisoned) - or - Have it recover like 10% of the pokemon's health after each battle ended, but only if the pokemon *wasn't* used in the battle; that way you'd have the somewhat interesting choice of: if you wanted the benefit of it, you couldn't use that pokemon, at least until it was healed enough to not get killed right away in battle.

I do appreciate the net ball, slightly harder to aesthetically match but that blue ish teal color I like give green and black are a prized color combo for me